That's happened to a lot of us keggers over the years. Beer can leak from loose clamps, fittings, leaky posts, and quick disconnects. Easy solution? Disconnect your liquid (beer) line from the keg at the end of the day, then reconnect when you want to pour. The first time I lost a keg of beer all over the floor was also the last.

Murray states that past the beginner level, motivation to continue a hobby includes "the requirement that the activity involves overcoming hardships and difficulty, often necessitated in attaining competence coupled with a significant investment in goal-related behavior over time" (p. 18). I've seen similar claims in other scholarly materials related to motivation for leisure activities.

If you go back to the first time you bottled, you were probably excited that you were actually making beer! In bottles! But it likely didn't take long for your interest in bottling to plateau. Once you get past basic issues such as sanitation, measuring sugar by weight versus volume, using a capper, etc., bottling is... bottling. The laborious "laundry" of homebrewing.

There's plenty to suggest on the Forum and elsewhere that kegging requires a level of expertise that separates keggers from homebrew beginners, which itself is motivation enough for a hobbyist. This week, I'm excited that I appear to have no leaks or other errors in my first kegging attempt -- to the point where when I get home from work or even a shopping trip I make a beeline to look at the regulator, and have repeatedly tested the beer despite my intention to "set and forget" for at least a week. I am not sure what comes after kegging, except more kegs, but since it lacks the time-intensive drudgework of bottling, there's no *de*-motivating factor. But meanwhile, the frustration appears to be actually part of the motivation.

Sorry for this nerdy response... literature searches on this have been a side hobby for me this week.

Why are you coming forward only now, after all this time? In order to get my frustration levels down to that of a suckling puppy I had to buy an expensive beergun, and now I have started bottling again from my kegs.

Why are you coming forward only now, after all this time? In order to get my frustration levels down to that of a suckling puppy I had to buy an expensive beergun, and now I have started bottling again from my kegs.

Buying a beer gun is a great purchase anyway IMO. Gives you a lot of flexibilty. If I have beer(s) in fermenters that I'm excited to get on tap I'll bottle partial kegs to make room. Great to be able to fill bottles for comps or gifts on short notice too.